In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described St Martin like this:
MARTIN (ST.), an extra-parochial tract in Richmond district, N. R. Yorkshire; 1 mile S of Riclhmond. Pop., 53. Houses, 11. A Benedictine priory, a cell to Yorrk abbey, was fonnded here about 1100 by Wyomar of Aske.
St Martin through time
A Vision of Britain through Time includes a large library of local statistics for administrative units. For the best overall sense of how the area containing St Martin has changed, please see our redistricted information for the modern district of Richmondshire. More detailed statistical data are available under Units and statistics, which includes both administrative units covering St Martin and units named after it.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of St Martin, in Richmondshire and North Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/14162
Date accessed: 21st May 2013
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